“I feel that if he plays or not, we
definitely have a chance of making it
to the Super Bowl and winning it. ”
Eagles quarterback Donovan McNabb on Terrell Owens’ uncertain return
■ In my opinion
ION ROETMAN
ROUGHING THE PASSER
Onterrio's
Whizzinator
doesn't help
reputation
Some people just never figure it out.
According to the Associated Press,
Minnesota Vikings running back and former
Oregon star Onterrio Smith was caught with
an elaborate contraption designed to beat
drug tests at Minneapolis-St. Paul Airport on
April 21.
A search of a bag Smith was carrying
turned up several vials of dried urine and a
device called “The Original Whizzinator,"
which includes a fake penis, bladder and
athletic supporter.
The device sells for $150 on the maker’s
Web site and is used to produce a clean urine
test. The user fills a plastic bag attached to the
athletic supporter with water and blends it
with the dried urine powder. When the user
takes a drug test in front of an observer, the
water is released through the prosthetic penis
with a valve.
An NFL spokesman said using the device
during a drug test would be a violation of
league drug policies, but it wasn’t clear
whether there were penalties for possessing
one outside of a testing situation.
Police became suspicious of Smith’s posses
sions because the dried urine powder looked
like cocaine. Smith told police the dried urine
was for his cousin. Smith was then released
after brief questioning.
The 24-year-old’s drug problems have been
well-documented. He was kicked off the Ten
nessee football team in 2000 for using mari
juana and already has two strikes against him
under the NFL’s substance abuse policy. He
got the second last season and was suspended
for four games. A third violation could earn
him a year-long suspension.
I don’t care if the dried urine police found
in Smith’s bag was for his cousin, a teammate
or his homey D-Rob back in Sacramento,
Calif. Smith should have distanced himself
from all drug-related paraphernalia by now.
Smith’s actions are selfish and stupid.
He has the talent to be an NFL starter but
doesn’t seem to have the heart or desire to
stay out of trouble. Even if he’s not suspended
for his actions, this has to hurt Smith’s
chances of playing in the Vikings’ talented
backfield with Michael Bennett, Mewelde
Moore and Moe Williams.
While there’s no questioning Smith’s abili
ties — he still managed to lead the Vikes in
rushing last year despite the four-game sus
pension — a line has to be drawn somewhere.
Minnesota recently cleansed itself of talented
but troubled wide receiver Randy Moss, and
it should do the same with Smith.
If the Vikings release Smith, they still have
plenty of talent at running back, and the team
will have fewer headaches to deal with.
Then, hopefully Smith can cleanse himself
of the wacky tabacky and catch on with
another team.
Please, figure it out Onterrio.
jonroetman@ daily emerald, com
■ Duck lacrosse
The BEGINNING and the END
Louisa Dorsch stayed an extra
year to play Division 1 lacrosse,
but all good things must end
BY STEFANIE LOH
DAILY EMERALD FREELANCE REPORTER
Louisa Dorsch was in seventh grade
when she started playing lacrosse at a
small private school in Maryland. Now
23, and the sole senior on the Oregon
women's lacrosse team, Dorsch has come
further than she ever dreamed possible.
When Oregon decided to add women's
lacrosse to its arsenal of Division I intercolle
giate sports, Dorsch was in her senior year as
the starting goalkeeper for Oregon’s Club
women’s lacrosse team. She was also one of
the coordinators who planned practices and
managed the team.
When Dorsch and her fellow coordinators
heard that coaches had already been hired for
the burgeoning Division I team, they decided
to tap into the new resource.
“At first, we just went to them to ask for
help with drills. In the end, they started com
ing out and helping us run practice twice a
week,” Dorsch said.
Oregon head coach Jen Larsen got to know
Dorsch, and she liked what she saw in the
senior goalkeeper.
“I saw Louisa as a really hard worker. I knew
she had a lot of passion and care for the Club
program,” Larsen said. “I saw potential in her as
a member of our program, and I knew she
would be honored to be a part of this. ”
That winter, Larsen approached Dorsch
and expressed interest in having her play
for the Division I team that she was trying to
put together.
“It was completely unexpected,” said Dorsch,
whose tone was infused with a sense of excite
ment as she recalled the encounter. “But I
didn't take it lightly because I loved playing and
son
Lauren Wimer | Senior photographer
Oregon goalie Louisa Dorsch was the only senior on the inaugural women's lacrosse team. Dorsch helped
lead the Oregon Club women’s lacrosse team to nationals last season.
wanted to make sure that I could really commit
myself and play for an entire year. ”
Playing Division I lacrosse proved to be too
tempting a deal to pass up. Dorsch delayed her
graduation plans, stayed in school as a fifth-year
senior and signed on as a member of the
pioneering class of the women's lacrosse team.
“It was one of those opportunities that I knew
wasn't going to come around again. Even if I
DORSCH, page 16
■ Women's track and field
Zane Rm 1 Photographer
Senior jumper Maegan Traver, seen here at the Pepsi
Team Invitational, will look to add to Oregon's team
score at the Pac-10 Championships this weekend.
A little bit of success
helps heal team's pain
Though individual goals are on the line at the Pac-10 championships,
coach Rock Light hopes his athletes focus on scoring points for the team
BY STEPHEN MILLER
SPORTS REPORTER
Numerous Oregon women’s track and field
athletes have weathered the bulk of the season
with thoughts of team points and regional
qualifying marks lingering in their heads.
Attempting to score those points and
record those marks takes a certain amount of
pain, and those who are willing to endure it
see the results.
“I’m always hurting,” Oregon multi
event athlete Lauryn Jordan said after
practice Tliesday.
A member of the athletic medical staff
treated Jordan’s sore left shin in the
Bowerman Building immediately after
her Tuesday workout, only two days after
she returned from the Pacific-10 Conference
Multi-Event Championships.
Even without winning an individual disci
pline, Jordan captured 5,299 points at UCLA,
a personal record and regional qualifying
mark, to take fourth place in the heptathlon.
“She had a great competition over the two
days,” Oregon assistant coach Rock Light
said. “In every single event except for one,
she had a lifetime best.”
But that’s not good enough for Jordan.
“I won’t be happy unless it takes me to
nationals,” the junior said.
Some of Jordan’s teammates are still just
trying to get over the headaches that come
with the pressure of trying to achieve region
al qualifying marks. This weekend, they will
also have to compete for team points at the
Pac-10 Championships.
“I definitely want to do well for the team,”
senior jumper Maegan Traver said, “but 1
also want to get a qualifying mark.”
However, Light said those two goals should
not be competing for athletes’ mind space.
“Regionals is an opportunity for you to
compete in front of the home crowd and get
into the NCAA Championships,” Light said.
“That is secondary to the task at hand,
which is scoring points for the team. 1 don’t
want (regional qualifying marks) in their
thought process. They will be a by-product
of competing well.”
Traver believes that if she lands a jump
with enough distance to be rewarded points
then the measurement will exceed her per
sonal record and the regional qualifying
standard simultaneously.
“If I score, my qualifying mark will pretty
WOMEN, page 16